As idle talk (ως ληρος). Old word for nonsense, only here in the N.T. Medical writers used it for the wild talk of those in deliri…

Idle tales.—The one Greek word rendered this way occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. It is applied strictly to the trifling,…

Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and c…

The Venerable Bede: Devout women bought spices to anoint the body of Jesus, as Mark testifies. They did this not only on the da…

At this point Luke reports the names of the women (cf. 8:1–3). While the witness of women was not acceptable in those days, nevertheless Luke recor…

And their words seemed to them as idle tales
As fabulous things, as mere whims, and the fancies of their brains: "as…

See the affection and respect the women showed to Christ, after he was dead and buried. Observe their surprise when they found the stone rolled awa…